List of tallest buildings in Sacramento

This list of tallest buildings in Sacramento ranks buildings in Sacramento, California, including West Sacramento, by height. The tallest building in Sacramento is the Wells Fargo Center, which stands 429 feet (129 m) tall. There are many highrise residential towers proposed for Sacramento's downtown.[1]

Sacramento's skyline from the Riverwalk.

Tallest buildings

Wells Fargo Tower, the tallest building in Sacramento

The US Bank Tower, Sacramento's second tallest building

Park Tower, 4th-tallest

The Renaissance Tower, 5th-tallest

This lists ranks Sacramento buildings that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Wells Fargo Center		430 / 131	31	1992	Tallest building in Sacramento. Tallest building completed in the 1990s.[2][3]
2	US Bank Tower		404 / 123	25	2008	This building topped out in 2007 to become the city's second tallest building.[4][5]
3	Bank of the West Tower		397 / 121 Roof - 404 / 123 Tip Pointing Top	25	2009	This building has topped out and is also known as 500 Capital Mall.[6][7]
4	Park Tower		380 / 116	26	1991	[8][9]
5	Renaissance Tower		372 / 113	28	1989	Tallest building constructed in the 1980s.[10][11]
6	Cal/EPA Building		372 / 113	25	2000	[12][13]
7	Capitol Square		351 / 107	25	1992	[14][15]
8	Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse		350 / 107	16	1999	[16][17]
9	Esquire Plaza		322 / 98	22	1999	[18][19]
10	Sheraton Grand Sacramento		318 / 97	28	2001	This is the tallest hotel in Sacramento.[20][21]
11	CalSTRS Tower		300 / 91	19	2009	In Raley's Landing in West Sacramento. California State Teachers' Retirement System Building. [22]
12	California State Capitol		247 / 75	6	1874	Tallest building completed in the 19th Century.
13	1201K Tower		238 / 73	18	1992	[23][24]
14	Kimpton Sawyer Sacramento		231 / 70	16	2017	[25]
15	West America Bank		229 / 69.7	18	1984
16	Department of Justice Building		227 / 69	18	1995	[26][27]
17	Elks Club Building		226 / 69	15	1925	Tallest building completed in the 1920s.[28]
18	The Citizen Hotel (originally California Life Insurance)		216 / 66	15	1925	Sacramento's first sky-scraper built in 1925.[29]

Tallest under construction, approved or proposed

This lists ranks projects-developments Sacramento buildings that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on standard height measurement.

Rank	Name	Height feet / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Office of State Publishing Tower	588-600 / 179-182	39 or 46	N/A	Released December 17, 2018. Still in the early stage and no decision has been made yet. The state of California is taking early steps toward developing an office in The River District in Downtown Sacramento. [30]
2	301 Capitol Mall	560 / 170.6	33	N/A	Approved. Project delayed and undecided updated noticed Jan. 2020. 301 Capitol Mall what was supposed to be twin towers of 52-story at over 650 ft tall. The project collapsed in 2008 and was never built. [31] CalPERS and CIM Group developers. At 557-560 feet, Tower 301 would be the tallest building in the Sacramento region. [32]
3	701 L Street	548 / 167	41	N/A	2015 Plans for the site is now on planning.
4	Metropolitan Tower	450 / 137	40	N/A	Project now stall and undecided updated May 2019. The proposed tower "The Metropolitan" will be a 40-story condo and hotel, standing several feet higher than the Wells Fargo Center Tower. [33]
5	Sacramento Commons	420 / 127	26	2025	Approved June 12, 2015. A two pair twin 26-story hotel/condo/apartment towers. Changes were recently made to keep trees and add more commercial space. [34] Updated January 19, 2018. [35]
6	Cathedral Square Towers	405 / 123	25	N/A	Released April 15, 2015. A 25-story mixed-use residential building on the southwest corner of J and 11th streets. [36]
7	Vanir Tower	400 / 121.9	26	N/A	Updated November 16, 2018. Plans have been submitted to the city for a 26-story headquarters and office tower on J Street, across the street from the planned downtown arena and hotel. The proposed Vanir office tower in downtown Sacramento is being designed by Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners of New York, the international architecture firm founded by I.M. Pei, architect of the Louvre Museum Pyramid. The proposal includes a 250-key luxury hotel, 50 luxury condominiums, 100,000 square feet of office space, and ground-floor retail and restaurants. [37]
8	Sacramento Superior Court	365 / 111	18	2022	Construction to begin in Summer 2020 and complete by 2022. [38] [39] The Judicial Council of California approved plans to consolidate county court functions at one new 53-courtroom building planned for H and Sixth streets. [40] Updated May 14, 2020. [41]
9	Natural Resources Tower	344/105	22	2021	Now under construction. Expecting to be complete by 2021 Spring or early Summer. DGS is leading the planning of a new high-rise tower called Natural Resources Building on 9th Street, 8th & O Streets. [42] Updated Oct. 10, 2019. [43]
10	Yamanee	N/A	14	2020	Now under construction. An approved proposal for a 14-story mixed-use condominium project in midtown Sacramento. [44]

References

General

• Emporis.com - Sacramento

Specific

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